BRADENTON, Fla. -- While snowbirds flocked to Florida for the holidays,
Pro Stock drivers Warren and Kurt Johnson were flying low in a two-day test
at Bradenton (Fla.) Motorsports Park on Dec. 18-19. The Johnsons debuted
two new cars and announced...

INDIANAPOLIS (Dec. 19, 2001) -- Don Schumacher Racing announced that with
the addition
of the Oakley Funny Car, driven by Scotty Cannon, the public relations for
the team's
two-car Funny Car operation will be handled by David Ferroni of ...

The exciting race for the 2001 Top Fuel Championship between Larry Dixon
and Kenny Bernstein may one day become folklore, as it will certainly go
down in drag racing annals as one of the most intense points battles
during the first 50 years in ...

Australian drag racing sensation Andrew Cowin is pleased to announce that
he and his Cowin Family Racing team will contest the entire 23-race,
US$50 million NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series tour in the United States
in 2002.
Buoyed by strong ...

STOCKTON, Calif. - After two successful years of driving for Edgecomb
Racing, Top Alcohol Dragster (formerly Federal Mogul Dragster) driver
Paul Jones announced today that he will be filling the seat vacated by
Brandon Bernstein in the Darien & ...

GM brands Complete "Vintage" Season
Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, Pontiac and Cadillac gain Podiums and Titles
Detroit, Mich., Dec.21, 2001 - With the extremely short time between the end
of one racing season and the start of the next, General Motors...

DALLAS (Dec. 11) -- As economic purse strings continue to tighten in a
sluggish U.S. economy, Top Fuel driver Don Lampus Jr. has found a
creative new way to fund his operation. Lampus has entered an exclusive
three-year marketing agreement with ...

Irwindale, Calif. - - Irwindale's new NHRA Street Legal Dragstrip will
accelerate in to full swing in the 2002 season with regularly scheduled
racing events on three Sundays and its very popular "test and tune"
sessions on two Thursday evenings...

Force Named Eastern Motorsports Press Association Driver Of The Year
GLENDORA, Calif. (Dec. 10, 2001) - John Force has been selected as
Driver of the Year by the Eastern Motorsports Press Association (EMPA),
only the second drag racer to receive...

SONOMA, Calif. - Individual race tickets for NASCAR, NHRA and other 2002
events at the newly renovated Sears Point Raceway will go on sale Monday,
Dec. 10. A variety of new seating options, including all-reserved advance
tickets for the NASCAR ...

Anaheim, Calif. (Dec. 3, 2001) -- Top racers in four professional categories
of the NHRA POWERADE Drag Racing Series will compete for additional bonuses
of $1,185,000 in 2002 through the POWERADE Top 10 program, which allows fans
to follow...

Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Inspiration can strike at any time and at any place. For Pro Stock
driver Kurt Johnson, the moment came in an airport waiting room in the
Bahamas.
"My wife and I took a short vacation after the end of the season, ...

GM Performance Parts to Sponsor NHRA Pro Stock Champion Warren Johnson
INDIANAPOLIS -- The team that won two Pro Stock championships and broke
the 200 mph barrier will be reunited in 2002 when Warren Johnson returns to
the red, white and blue ...

GLENDORA, Calif. (Nov. 29, 2001) -- O'Reilly Auto Parts has reached a
multi-year agreement with the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) to
become the title sponsor of the NHRA Drag Racing Series event at Memphis
Motorsports Park beginning in 2002,...

GLENDORA, Calif. (Nov. 27, 2001) -- Today the National Hot Rod
Association (NHRA) solidified its commitment to its national and
divisional sportsman drag racing series program formally known as the
NHRA Federal-Mogul Drag Racing Series. Earlier ...

DETROIT, Nov. 27, 2001 - Harry Turner has been the GM executive manager for
NHRA drag racing since 1997. The team of engineers that he assembled have
played a key role in the development of new technologies and strategies that
have kept GM racers...

GLENDORA, Calif. (Nov. 27, 2001) - FRAM* automotive filters, which are
manufactured and distributed by Honeywell Consumer Products Group, has
extended their partnership with the National Hot Rod Association as
the Official Filter of NHRA, Bob ...

NHRA Puts The Wraps On The 2001 Drag Racing Season
The 2001 season was more than just a collection of 24 National Hot Rod
Association drag racing events. Familiar faces were crowned champions,
records were broken, rivalries were established and ...